Film · 1969

The Rain People

Name: The Rain People
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-08-27
Rating: 6.6

101 min · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · R

Drama

6.680
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Rain people are very fragile…one mistake in love and they dissolve.

When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

Cast

James Caan

Jimmy Kilgannon

Shirley Knight

Natalie Ravenna

Robert Duvall

Gordon

Marya Zimmet

Rosalie

Tom Aldredge

Mr. Alfred

L

Laurie Crews

Ellen

Andrew Duncan

Artie

M

Margaret Fairchild

Marion

Sally Gracie

Beth

Alan Manson

Lou

R

Robert Modica

Vinny Ravenna

G

Garrett Cassell

Farmer (uncredited)

Eleanor Coppola

Gordon's Wife (uncredited)

Crew

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Bart Patton, Ronald Colby, Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola
Editor: Barry Malkin
Cinematography: Bill Butler
Art Direction: Leon Ericksen
Composer: Ronald Stein
Sound: Nathan Boxer

Details

Studios: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, American Zoetrope
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: R
Release: August 27, 1969

Themes

runawayhousewifehitchhikerpregnant womanroad movie

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